Chapter 223 Casefile·8: Autumn Hunting (9)
"Damn it! Damn it!" Dresi's two heads opened their mouths simultaneously, and the male and female voices overlapped, blending into an eerie echo. "I originally wanted to achieve all this peacefully, but you forced me to do it."
She took a deep breath, and the noble soul fire that had been absorbed into her body began to glow and dissolve in her soul body.
Dresi's demonic soul became even larger and more twisted. Her dark purple skin was as rough as dry bark. Gnarled dark purple tubular objects emerged on her thick skin, and cracks appeared one after another with a "swish".
——Click, click.
Bloodshot eyeballs flared in the cracks. Viscous black-purple liquid dripped from the eye sockets like tears, splattering on the ground, corroding visible holes.
At this time, Dresi had turned into a high-level undead filled with resentment. Her lower body turned into tens of millions of black and purple octopus tentacles as thick as thighs, slapping the ground with crackling sounds, causing tremors.
"A lich without its body is nothing more than a spirit bound by its phylactery." Mebucha stroked his chin with interest. "It seems there's some truth to this theory."
His obsession with academic research once again angered Dresi.
Seven or eight thick tentacles instantly shot out in all directions, charging towards the knights surrounding her. The knights targeted immediately raised their swords in defense. Five of them blocked the attack, while the other three were swept up by the tentacles.
They were like dolls discovered by naughty children who rushed into their relatives' house during the Spring Festival. They were rolled up, thrown up and down, thrown into the air, and thrown into the bushes, crashing into several large trees and breaking them.
Several bolts of lightning struck the tentacles, and the aroma of roasted octopus tentacles, with a fishy aroma of burning protein, filled the air. Grand Magician Mebucha said in a deep voice, "Now is the time to act!"
One group of knights rushed forward to attack, while another group spread out to rescue the unfortunate ones who were thrown into the woods.
Deep in the dense forest, a small dining table was placed abruptly. The green-eyed knight standing beside the table looked at the black-haired young woman sitting at the table and said solemnly, "Are you ready?"
"I'm ready! I've been in human form all night to digest what I ate." The young woman who spoke was Takumi Yuu. She happily gave Andre a thumbs-up. "Now I'm hungry! I can have another breakfast!"
"Then let's go!"
The silver-white fighting spirit that could cut through iron like mud was wrapped around the sword, cutting through the octopus tentacles that were burnt by the electric shock like a sharp blade cutting through tofu. The storm raised by the great magician rolled up the tentacles and threw them into the dense forest.
Andrei steadily caught the takeout food brought by the pale green wind element, chopped it into slices on the chopping board beside him, and handed it to Jiang You on a plate: "Electric grilled octopus tentacles, please enjoy."
"Wow! It smells so good!" Jiangyou picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of octopus, dipped it into the sauce dish she made with soy sauce, yuzu vinegar and minced garlic, and put it into her mouth. As she chewed, the grilled octopus slices quickly turned into pure soul energy in her mouth.
"It definitely has the aroma and chewy texture of octopus," Takumi commented. "After being grilled, the octopus flesh shrinks slightly, making it incredibly chewy! But it's not completely cooked through, retaining a fresh tenderness! ... So, if the soul's shape changes, the taste and texture will also change?"
"Perhaps the emotions contained within it are different too?" Andrei had never tasted soul fire before, so he couldn't comment on its taste or texture. He could only guess, "You see, every time you eat the same person's soul fire, you can taste a different flavor."
"Indeed!" Takumi happily accepted the explanation.
The next 'takeaway' that flew over looked a bit scary, like a thick branch with eyes. Andre held up the kitchen knife, not knowing how to start for a moment.
But Jiang You didn't care at all. She sniffed the smell and her eyes lit up: "It smells good, but the smell is a bit mixed. Wait, let me share it..."
This scene was too bizarre, even more unbearable than when Jiang You usually cut the pig's head and pig's intestines into pieces. Andrei began to doubt whether the plan of the great magician Mebucha was reliable. "No, is this thing really edible?"
A moment later, Jiang You brought out a plate of normal-looking Baumkuchen and a plate of something a little weird but not unacceptable. "Ding Ding! Baumkuchen and sheep's eyes!"
Andrei: "..." How did they do that? Could it be that the lich's soul would change in the hands of its own kind?
Jiang You was enjoying the meal very much: "Sheep eyes look very strange, but they are really delicious! In my country, you can only eat them in the northwest and north where sheep are raised. You can also roast them, and they are super delicious~"
Andre: “…” I always feel that this way of eating is quite cruel.
While the next door is filled with flying sand and rocks, here we enjoy a delicious meal filled with salty, spicy, fragrant, and sweet flavors. Jiangyou eats a bite of octopus, a bite of sheep's eye, and a bite of small cake, enjoying the perpetual motion of salty and sweet food.
Dresi and Mebucha fought back and forth, both sides suffering injuries. Of course, under the deliberate actions of Mebucha and the knights, Dresi was injured more severely. She was unaware of it and continued to laugh loudly, saying, "Do you think you can weaken me by cutting off my limbs and throwing them away?
"This is sheer wishful thinking! As long as the phylactery remains, the lich cannot be defeated! I only need to summon those souls, and they will fly back once again... Hmm?"
Dresi's waving tentacles suddenly froze in mid-air, and she finally realized that she had lost contact with the severed souls.
Mebucha wiped the blood from the wound on his face and looked at her calmly: "What? Can't fly back?"
He laughed. "Indeed, under normal circumstances, a lich with a phylactery is nearly impossible to kill. The phylactery will gather the lich's scattered, cut, and shattered soul and repair the fragments... But what if those soul fragments are devoured and digested by an equally powerful lich, transformed into its own energy, and then framed by another phylactery?"
Jiangyou next door burped at the right time.
Deresi's face became even more ferocious. She realized what had happened: "It's that little lich!!"
"That's right." Mebucha nodded. "Her soul originates from a higher plane, far more powerful than you and me. Even a casual nibble from her in a dream would make you abandon your weapons and flee in panic."
He raised his wand: "It's time to end everything! Deresi!"
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